• The person identified only by the surname Brown in the print version of an article about the Republican congressman and prospective Senate candidate Todd Akin was Scott Brown, the Republican senator for Massachusetts, traditionally a Democratic stronghold. An editing error led to this information being lost from the article (Akin hints he may quit as rape row rumbles on, 23 August, page 20).

• Last Saturday's Travel section, a special edition on Historic Britain (18 August), included a feature with tips for visitors from experts. The item on the Viking era by Steve Harding should have made it clear that he is professor of applied biochemistry at Nottingham University. He is also a member of the Centre for Viking Studies at Nottingham (Past perfect, page 2).

•The spectacular rise and fall of Asil Nadir was amended because it said Asil Nadir fled to Northern Cyprus from an airfield near London. In fact he left from Compton Abbas airfield in Dorset, over 100 miles from London.